Rock'n'Roll Way To Community
Jacob Sahms | 05/24/10 Click to Comment
Scum Of The Earth.
That's the name of the church. When the book about the founding,
development, and implementation arrived on my desk, I just let it sit
there for a while. I'm all about hearing people's stories, and hearing
how different faith communities try things in their own way. But I
found the name of the church sort of off-putting, not because I don't
have a perception of myself as broken, fallen, dirty, or anything else
in its sinful state, but because I've always focused on the
grace-filled, saved, cleaned-up side of things after the inclusion of
Jesus, I found this to be a bit strange.
And then I actually read the book.
Pastor Mike Sares admits that he wasn't a big fan of the name, that
he found it off-putting, dangerous, and a little bit off-the-grid. But
then he figured out that this church was aimed at the "left out and the
right brained," and that it longed to be a church that "desperately
recognizes its need for a savior."
Well, I can be down for that!
Seriously, I'm glad I read it, and thankfully, Likewise decided to send
it my way...
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Hope Springs Anew 
